ACCOMPLISHMENTS FLOURISH THROUGHOUT ETERNITY

PRODIGIOUS ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON THE PART OF SAVED HUMANITY WILL FLOURISH THROUGH ETERNITY

• There are at least three areas of activity that will mark the energies of the saints throughout eternity: administrative; explorative; and productive
• There is the area of the administrative in which the spiritual nobility will rule and reign with Christ

•  The church will rule and reign with Christ (1 Cor. 6:2; Rev. 1:6; 5:10; 20:6).

"Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?"

"And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen."
"And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth."
"Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years."

• The Old Testament saints will also rule and reign, with Christ (Rev. 20:6; Dan. 7:27; Ezek. 37:24-25).

"Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years."

"And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him."

"And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
25  And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever."

• The Tribulation Martyrs will also Rule and Reign (Rev. 20:4)

"And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years."

• Now these Three Groups will Occupy the New Jerusalem, and of them it is the Saint that will Rule and Reign Forever (Rev. 22:5)

"And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever."

The Living nation of Israel will exercise some control over the Gentile nations (Isa. 60:1-3, 12)

"Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising." "For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted."

The living Gentile nations will be organized and also carry out features of government (Isa. 19:23-25; Rev. 21:24-26).

"In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance."

"And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. And they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it."

Let us not imagine that because there is no sin that there is no need for government. Even the trine God has a perfectly organized arrangement with each person of the trinity performing his task with perfection.

• There is also the Area of the Explorative Carrying out the Function of Investigation. (Gen. 1:28 with Rev. 21:24a, 26a).

"And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."

"And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it."

"And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it."

At last the command to Adam will come into its fullness. Adam was commanded to subdue creation. This means investigation in all its facet. Curiosity with which men have been endowed will then reach its fullest development. The hindrances of sin will then be removed. The limitations of money will not be felt. And men will be able to explore the infinite and the infinitesimal. This will be the glory and honor of men. It is the honor of men to search out a matter (Prov. 25:2).

"It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter."

NOTE:This is the first Proverb of a new collection. Here begins the third section of the book. It ends with chapter 29. It is a collection of the Proverbs of Solomon made in the days of Hezekiah. It is suggestive that those scribes put this Proverb first. It is at least probable that the times in which they lived had given them an interpretation of its meaning. They were wonderful times in their revelation of the wisdom of the Divine government. Out of strange perplexities and trials, the God Whose glory was that He had concealed things and yet had Himself been the All-Wise, had led them into better ways of life. Yet had not all this resulted from the fact that they had been under the rule of a king whose highest glory had been that of searching out the secrets of wisdom, in the fear of Jehovah! The words, however, have the widest application. They cover all life. When Solomon wrote this Proverb, it is possible that he was remembering a great word of Moses (Deut. 29:29). The philosophy is the same. The idea here is not that God maintains His glory by hiding things from man. It is rather that all the things so hidden the things concealed, the secret things are known to Him. He is the Ultimate in wisdom. That is His glory. That being so, man's true kingliness consists in his ability to search out these hidden things. That is the principle of all the triumphs of scientific investigations and it is the deepest secret of all advance in spiritual strength. If a man would reign in life, he must begin with the fear of Jehovah which recognizes the glory of His knowledge of hidden things; and he must continue in that fear which maintains the attitude of such right relationship with God as will make it possible for Him to reveal to him His secrets. "The friendship of Jehovah is with them that fear Him." (Psa 25:14).

• There will also be productive and creative developments on the part of men. (Rev. 21:24, 26)

"And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it."

"And they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it."

These words suggest objective creations as the result of research which can be brought as tokens of devotion to the capital city and presented to the King. Nothing like this will ever have happened in the history of mankind. All the fairs of earth will be surpassed by these fairs as men bring the result of their energies to Christ in the New Jerusalem.